Implementation of an evidence-based extubation checklist to reduce extubation failure in patients with trauma: a pilot study.

William O. Howie; Richard P. Dutton

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Implementation of an evidence-based extubation checklist to reduce extubation failure in patients with trauma: a pilot study.

August 15, 2012

Howie WO, Dutton RP. AANA J. 2012;80(3):179-184.

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Implementing a standardized checklist resulted in a significant reduction in the proportion of trauma patients who could not be successfully liberated from mechanical ventilation.

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